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Our dear Father Daniel of the Ukrainian Church in Brazil has shared some amazing photos from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Brazil, including some of the Episcopal Assembly of South America which gathered in the Antiochian Cathedral in São Paulo. Enjoy!

Many Energies, 3 Persons, 2 Natures, 1 God, 1 Church, 1 Baptism, and 1 Cup. The Son begotten only from the Father, the Spirit proceeding only from the Father, Each glorifying the Other. The Son sends the Spirit, the Spirit Reveals the Son, the Father is seen in the Son. The Spirit spoke through the Prophets and Fathers and does so even today.

My mother lived in Brazil for 12 years with her family before coming the States. I would love to see the photos of the little church they helped build. My grandfather actually worked on the Royal Gates and the iconostasis and my uncle painted/wrote the icons. I understand it has been rebuilt - which is a good thing, because that means the parish had outgrown the little church.

These photos are not labeled. Any way of finding out where the pictured churches are located?

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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

The church in Porto Alegre, right? I'll have to enquire about that, because as far as I know, today, there are only two Orthodox parishes there, the Russian Paróquia São Sérgio de Radonéz (address Avenida Emílio Lúcio Esteves, 215) and the Greek Igreja dos Santos Apóstolos (address Rua Monteiro Lobato, 312). I don't know if the Ukrainian church was simply closed or if it is one of these two. I'll ask around and get back to you on what I find.

As for the location of those churches, I'll talk to Father Daniel to put some names.

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Many Energies, 3 Persons, 2 Natures, 1 God, 1 Church, 1 Baptism, and 1 Cup. The Son begotten only from the Father, the Spirit proceeding only from the Father, Each glorifying the Other. The Son sends the Spirit, the Spirit Reveals the Son, the Father is seen in the Son. The Spirit spoke through the Prophets and Fathers and does so even today.

Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

Many Energies, 3 Persons, 2 Natures, 1 God, 1 Church, 1 Baptism, and 1 Cup. The Son begotten only from the Father, the Spirit proceeding only from the Father, Each glorifying the Other. The Son sends the Spirit, the Spirit Reveals the Son, the Father is seen in the Son. The Spirit spoke through the Prophets and Fathers and does so even today.

My mother lived in Brazil for 12 years with her family before coming the States. I would love to see the photos of the little church they helped build. My grandfather actually worked on the Royal Gates and the iconostasis and my uncle painted/wrote the icons. I understand it has been rebuilt - which is a good thing, because that means the parish had outgrown the little church.

These photos are not labeled. Any way of finding out where the pictured churches are located?

Liz, the Ukrainian Orthodox in Brazil are under your church-the UOC-USA as your probably know. I cannot find this Fr. Daniel's surname.There are almost half a million people of Ukrainian origin in Brazil but, 80% of them whom live in the State of Paraná in southern Brazil. CIUS at the University of Alberta has done extensive research on the area.

Ukrainians of Brazil (Portuguese: Ucraniano-brasileiro; Ukrainian: Українці Бразилії, Ukrayintsi Brazylii) are Brazilian citizens born in Ukraine, or Brazilians of Ukrainian descent who remains connected, in some degree, to Ukrainian culture. As of 1994, 400,000 people of Ukrainian descent lived in Brazil, 80% (or approximately 350,000) of whom lived in a compact region approximately 1,930 square miles (5,000 km2) in size (an area slightly larger than the US state of Rhode Island), in the hilly south central part of State of Paraná in southern Brazil.[3] They refer to this region as "Brazilian Ukraine."[4] Smaller numbers of Ukrainians have settled in São Paulo, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul.[3] The cities with the largest number of Ukrainians are Prudentópolis (approximately 38,000 Ukrainians, or 75% of the city's population), Curitiba (33,000 Ukrainians), and União da Vitória (approximately 26,400 Ukrainians or 50% of the city's population).[5] In 2009 the Ukrainian population in Brazil was estimated to be 500,000 people.[6]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainians_of_Brazil

His name is Padre Daniel de Oliveira Pinheiro, he is Brazilian. He serves in the Ukrainian Paróquia da Proteção da Mãe de Deus, in the city of Osasco, in the state of São Paulo.

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Many Energies, 3 Persons, 2 Natures, 1 God, 1 Church, 1 Baptism, and 1 Cup. The Son begotten only from the Father, the Spirit proceeding only from the Father, Each glorifying the Other. The Son sends the Spirit, the Spirit Reveals the Son, the Father is seen in the Son. The Spirit spoke through the Prophets and Fathers and does so even today.

Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

Many Energies, 3 Persons, 2 Natures, 1 God, 1 Church, 1 Baptism, and 1 Cup. The Son begotten only from the Father, the Spirit proceeding only from the Father, Each glorifying the Other. The Son sends the Spirit, the Spirit Reveals the Son, the Father is seen in the Son. The Spirit spoke through the Prophets and Fathers and does so even today.

Very nice church, love the facade. I just have one question (if you don't mind me asking): The icon/mosaic of the Holy Trinity above the church entrance, is that normally accepted amongst all Orthodox jurisdictions?

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Very nice church, love the facade. I just have one question (if you don't mind me asking): The icon/mosaic of the Holy Trinity above the church entrance, is that normally accepted amongst all Orthodox jurisdictions?

It is quite a topic of debate within Orthodoxy whether such an icon is acceptable. But they also have those on Mt. Athos, so my guess is that it can't be that bad.